Strengthening Community Leadership Learning in Canada

These responses highlight understanding the history of development which led the need to develop knowledge not just about the to the particular social issue in question, or current cause itself (the visible problems), but also, to some capacities and allegiances of the community/ties extent, the causes of the cause - the issues and embedded in the solution.” Context first leadership dynamics which [...] In Community First responses prioritize the interests of order to mobilize groups of people towards cause first a group, whether through an altruistic commitment to implementations of leadership, recognizing multiple create opportunities for others or a direct investment truths, the complexity of the world and capitalizing in the resources needed to advance communities in on the shared wisdom of o [...] Community first responses shifted position and interest in both the problem and the ‘holding of space’ to the ‘creation of space’ for the pursuit of a solution others to lead, participate, or engage. [...] For some, the goal of “improving the quality perspectives of others of life for all who live in the community” was critical, • A willingness to leverage personal strengths requiring the ability to work collaboratively across and assets in service to a goal that may not differences in pursuit of a common goal or to meet a always align with the self-interest of the leader common need. [...] Intrinsically tied to the theory of change, Some of the key attributes of an individual leader in it integrates and aligns the actions of a group, while the context of social, environmental or cultural change also providing a means for engendering long term were: commitment of participants; contextualizing efforts • The ability to collect and synthesize 1 One respondent characterized this attribut